monti's role be? stay with us. we're back in two. >>> we are live in rome all day where the italians are grappling with the aftermath of mario monti's resignation over the weekend, which was a big surprise to everyone. this came earlier than expected. at the same time, former prime minister berlusconi said he is trying to stage a comeback. is this likely, though? well, if you look at the most recent opinion polls, it shows berlusconi's party is trailing by up to 16 percentage points. it will be difficult for him to close that gap over the next two months. so the most likely outcome at this point is that the democratic party, which is pro austerity will win these elections and its leader, he has already promised to the world that, yes, i am going to continue to implement those austerity measures and i will honor the eu's commitment to balance the budget by 2013. the other big question is, what will happen to technocrat prime minister mario monti? right now, he's very vague about what role he will take in the new gov